Cheaper is walking, you do oil analysis to ensure you have the best possible lubrication and to get an idea whats going on inside your engine...
-Curt Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 10:27:22 -0700 From: Alan Clarke <alanc...@pacbell.net> To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Amsoil ATF in an older transmission Message-ID: <508c197a.4030...@pacbell.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed That's another thought. My hope is that 1) I'm not that high mileage, 150K or so and 2) there was a maintenance sticker on the car when I bought it and I talked to the mechanic so I have reason to hope it was well maintained. But, you mentioned getting an analysis done and that is cheaper than changing the fluid on general principle. On 10/27/2012 9:05 AM, Curt Raymond wrote: > You work up to longer duration changes, the first couple changes just scrub > out all the crud that built up either from using inferior quality stuff or > from poor previous maintenance on the previous owner's part. > > When I first got my '85 190D oil analysis showed high iron levels in the > engine oil. After a few changes with Mobil 1 the iron levels went down to > normal and stayed there even with 10,000+ mile oil changes. The previous > owner swore to me he changed the oil "every 5,000 miles" but I don't recall > any mention of what oil he'd used. > > I always assume the previous owner was and idiot (well except for the car I > bought from Dwight) and maintain it accordingly. > > -Curt _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
